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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by vatlark@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

In the sidebar you will see that rule 3 is "Avoid politics", as of US election day.

Political posts represent the vast majority of the moderation burden. They tend not to be the fun/quirky/whimsical/goofy/nonsense kind of posts that people enjoy from c/showerthoughts.

Maybe we should make a c/drivewaythoughts or a c/doomscrollingthoughts to fill the void.

The rule will begin 0200 UTC Nov 6, 2024 to be exact, you have 2 minutes, go ham.

As always I'm open to feedback.

EDIT: While I'm editing the sidebar. I will remove the "Be good to others" rule because it's redundant to the opening paragraph of Lemmy's Code of Conduct.

EDIT 2: If you want to give anonymous feedback you can report this post and give your feedback in the report. It's anonymous to me at least.

EDIT 3: Here are some good counter points to the new rule:

  1. This arguably offers new perspective on an ordinary topic but it's pretty political: https://lemmy.world/post/21997198
  2. This post was very popular and remained civil: https://lemmy.world/post/21925102
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“A good compromise is when both parties are dissatisfied and the rest satisfied."

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by ztwhixsemhwldvka@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

And it would be in a properietary format only accessible in a walled garden

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If a country needs to overly emphasise an ideal, that's usually because that ideal doesn't apply in that country ("Land of the free", "Democratic people's republic of ...").

If a person needs to subscribe to patriotism, it's usually because they have never accomplished anything better in their life than being born in a specific place.

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by quacky@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

Merriam defines

So hate is just the extreme end of an "unfriendly feeling" which is synonymous to a negative feeling. We can go "golden middle" on this and say that moderate negative feelings are ideal, but even the moderate form seems synonymous to bias or prejudice.

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Was playing online and saw someone with the name "Content" but the n was replaced with a Russian character. This makes it unsearchable (directly) in both English and Russian.

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Bonus: and that likely explains why older shows tend to have self-contained episodes while newer shows tend to be serial.

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More of a "waiting while cloud flare verifies my humanity thought" but this is the closest c/ I could find.

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But I had a little panic when it was Billy Joel for the first 15 seconds.

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

Unless you're Trump; he actually broke so many laws so many times, the law is now broken and no longer functions, it has ceased to be

I've been drinking

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

...until it is.

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good deeds for fake points

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WebP does everything GIF did, just better. The only problem is adoption. Maybe a similar, single-syllable name could have helped.

  • Ends the pronunciation debate: hard G in the 1987 filetype, soft G in the 2010 one
  • Looping soundless video gets a name that's short and does not refer to a terribly inefficient format (that "gif" sharing sites often no longer use anyway), plus some wrong people have been using it already
  • Software peer-pressured into supporting it (nobody wants to hear "they don't support JIF" about their software)
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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

If you say yes, it can be interpreted as "yes I mind" or "yes, I give you permission", if you say no, it can be interpreted as "no, I don't give you permission" or "no, I dont mind". You always end up having to clarify.

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.

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